By Isabelle Kang, NPHR Blog Editor Global/National The WHO Director-General declared mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The WHO launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response plan to stop outbreaks of human-to-human mpox transmission. The Biden-Harris Administration awarded more than $558 million to improve maternal health. The CDC issued a food safety alert regarding multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections. The FDA approved the following new drugs: Drug NameFDA-approved useVoranigoGrade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendrogliomaYorvipathHypoparathyroidismNemluvioPrurigo nodularisLivdelziPrimary biliary cholangitis (PBC)Niktimvo Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD)LazcluzeNon-small cell lung cancer Illinois IDPH announced the first 2024 death of an Illinois resident with West Nile virus. Northwestern Northwestern Medicine surgeons conducted their second awake kidney transplant procedure.
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